Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Instagram
enquiries@chesterinternational.co.uk
Online Journal
Reflecting on Creativity Week
(Posted on 27/03/18)For one half term the school hosted a creative week. Students who chose that half term as their elective came to school from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm to do different activities each day. For the first day, we attended pottery making with Vicky and discovered the different ways of making pots. The way we were taught was coiling which was by rolling parts of clay until they were equal...
The Subjects of CIS - Chemistry
(Posted on 22/03/18)This week at CIS, we learnt about acids and how they react with different substances. We did a practical about making copper chloride crystals. We did this by putting copper oxide (which is a black powder) into hydrochloric acid (liquid) and to filter and boil the mixture appropriately. Me and my lab partner, Olly, made some crystals that formed very quickly because we got the substance just right...
Top 10 things about Chester International School
(Posted on 20/03/18)1. You get to wear business clothes - we wear what we are comfortable wearing and It gives us freedom 2. You get to eat in lessons – this is good because if you are hungry you can eat without losing concentration 3. You work on computers 4. It's small – this is good because it gives you the opportunity to get to know everyone 5. The teachers are...
Die Presse in Deutschland - the German Press
(Posted on 15/03/18)What better way to start a Monday morning than to unfold the newspaper and take in the day’s news. And there was still some Xmas Lebkuchen left to complete the experience. Just as well as our newspapers are also all German ! We have the ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’, ‘die Welt’, and the ‘Bild’ so we have all things covered; the latest...
Ein Blick in die Zukunft – A glimpse into the future?
(Posted on 13/03/18)Researching into the idiosyncrasies of New Year celebrations in Germany our IB class finds out that not only do they inexplicably watch ‘Dinner for One’ every year, a short comedy film from 1963 with British comedians Freddie Frinton and May Warden, but they also have a go at predicting the future with a piece of lead.We decide this is intriguing enough to try out ourselves so we...
What is fusing glass?
(Posted on 08/03/18)Firstly the students researched ‘Fusing Glass’ and evi-denced their research using video, power point, word, publisher, photos or spider diagrams. The documentation con-tained the following information:Explain the processes of fusing glass for example tem-peratures, how to set up the kiln etc. Photo of a kiln maybe, surprise me!Explain the process of fusing glass with metals in be-tween...